Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 05:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 815 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 187 Parallax 159 133% 170 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 160 Splatting 116 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 361GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,519 361% 1,626 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 58.3 192% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 232 244% 407 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 283%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,594 Mixed 1,518 376% 1,693 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 32.3 168% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 205 198% 305 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 183GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14678 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1125 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15471646304
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 700GB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152204976 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35175039 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 240 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 571605025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2306 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 34359738401 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 75.9 Mixed 83.4 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.6 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 89%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $221

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,882x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	210x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	754x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	359x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	295x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	158x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	186x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16